IQ differences between the north and south of Italy: A reply to Beraldo and Cornoldi, Belacchi, Giofre, Martini, and Tressoldi

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 451-455

  Lynn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income; IQ; Italy; PISA; Progressive Matrices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955917676     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.07.001     Document Type: Review

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